Comments on: Penalties for Careless Driving

By: Lewis

Lewis — Sat, 14 May 2011 20:48:40 +0000

I agree, penalising such behaviour is definitely important. If only these fines were easy to implement. It doesn’t seem to have stopped people using their phones whilst driving. I doubt they will prove much of a deterrent.

By: Lewis

Lewis — Sat, 14 May 2011 20:43:41 +0000

“Boy Racers”? That’s a bit unfair, The Guardian. I see aggressive and inconsiderate driving every day on the road, whether I’m cycling or driving, and the offenders are pretty equal in terms of age and gender.

By: welshcyclist

welshcyclist — Thu, 12 May 2011 19:49:11 +0000

Fixed penalties sound great, but a policeman has to see the “crime/transgression”. How often do you see a policeman? Perhaps one in 5,000 transgressions would be recorded and acted upon, even then on route to something else a traffic cop is going to ignore them. Overall it will not make a scrap of difference to cycling commuters such as myself, but it will bring in money to the exchequer, which is probably the real reason for the exercise.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 12 May 2011 05:53:31 +0000

Hi Tejvan

Swindon is only down the road from you – to experience the same sort of knowledge of life and death as a bungee-jumper, parachutist or Russian roulette player, have you tried cycling various routes across the famous Magic Roundabout during the evening rush hour on a Friday?
Truly an experience – but start off at about 3am and get some practice in first!
Keep up the good work on the blog, I love reading it,
Regards
Mike